A collection of funds has been organized in the region, which will be sent to residents of the south-eastern regions of Ukraine who find themselves in a difficult life situation due to the political and financial crisis, the press service of the regional administration reports.

Russian colleagues from Ukraine write letters to me: Good afternoon, Andrey! For more than 13 years, the Association of Young Scientists of Mechanical Engineers has abstracted itself from politics. But the events of recent days forced us for the first time to write you a letter not about mechanical engineering and science.

Fire-tactical exercises with practical training in the evacuation of personnel and visitors of the institution were held today in the library named after. A.S. Pushkin, reports the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations. According to the exercise scenario, a signal about a fire in the library on Karl Marx Street was received by the duty officer at 1:56 p.m. today. The fire occurred in the book depository on the first floor. After 5 minutes, the first fire department arrived at the scene.

A new manager has also appeared at the municipal enterprise Spetsavtohozyaystvo. Since his appointment, he has not given a single interview to journalists of our company. He began work on reorganizing the enterprise entrusted to him with the canteen - the workers were left without lunch. The canteen, which has been operating on the territory of the Special Automotive Facility for the last 6 years, is closed today. The rent for cooks has increased almost 3 times: from 50 to 130 thousand rubles.

Two residents of the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine arrived in Tomsk. Deputy Alexey Kuzmin announced this at a meeting of the City Duma today. “Tomsk has a long-standing connection with Zaporozhye, dating back to its development. The 79th Guards Division liberated the city of Zaporozhye in 1943. The Cossacks remember us and are quite friendly. I propose, if possible, to welcome them,” Kuzmin said at the meeting. He said that men from the Zaporozhye region arrived in Tomsk on Friday.

The restoration of monuments in all districts of the city will be carried out for the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, reports the press service of the Tomsk administration. Objects requiring urgent repairs will be restored this year; the remaining ones will be restored in 2015.

Police are establishing the circumstances of the accident that occurred today on Lenin Avenue. According to preliminary information from the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, a Kia car driven by a 42-year-old man hit a woman who was crossing the road at an unregulated pedestrian crossing. As a result of the accident, a 48-year-old female pedestrian was hospitalized. Currently, police officers are establishing all the circumstances of the incident.

Last weekend, Tomsk police department No. 2 received a report that the body of a man had been found in a garage area. Police say the person killed was a 27-year-old man. Stab wounds were found on the head and neck of the deceased. “Police officers detained a 23-year-old man on suspicion of committing a crime. Currently, the suspect is placed in a temporary detention center,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement. An investigation into this fact is underway.

In recent years, the pre-trial detention center has not been overloaded. The new building will provide an opportunity to transport people from old buildings to modern conditions. Now there are actually a thousand places in the pre-trial detention center, despite the fact that today there are 650 people awaiting sentences there. The first convicts have already begun to move into the new building.

Today in the Tomsk region the preventive operation "Bus" starts. According to the traffic police, from March 4 to 6, inspectors will pay increased attention to bus drivers, rules for operating public transport and transporting passengers. “The preventive action is being carried out in order to reduce the level of accidents in passenger road transport,” the department said in a statement.

Deputy Mayor of Tomsk Alexander Tsymbalyuk presented the new structure of the mayor's office to city deputies. In particular, it will change the work of the city’s district administrations. A key area of ​​work for district administrations remains interaction with the population. As Sergei Ilyinykh, speaker of the Tomsk Duma, noted, duplicating structures in district administrations require large expenses. “Decentralization necessarily increases costs.

Judging by the plan announced today, the Red House will undergo a serious restructuring - the number of deputies for the mayor will be reduced, and powers will be distributed in a new way. But the main thing that city deputies note is that the new structure will be much more centralized - decisions that were previously made at the level of district administrations will be transferred to the central apparatus.

Today, deputies of the Tomsk Duma approved a new structure of the city administration. The changes will come into force on June 1, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, deputy mayor for especially important assignments, said at a meeting of the city parliament. “The new structure does not entail an increase in the number of officials, but will differ in structure and quality composition.

Amendments to the law “On organizing major repairs of common property in apartment buildings in the Tomsk region” were approved. According to the regional administration, the changes affected the timing of the general meeting of owners, at which they must decide on the method of accumulating funds for major repairs. “Until August 1, 2014, owners must decide where to keep money for major repairs: in a general account with a regional operator or in an individual account.

On the eve of Women's Day, the Seversky Zoo selects the Beauty of the Zoo of 2014. According to the website of the natural park, 6 candidates are vying for this title: an affectionate and playful young female lynx named Iriska. Long-necked turtle Tasya, with a hypnotic look and a serious character. The female common eagle owl, named Flera, always hides food in reserve. Izya is a female black vulture, a very timid and shy person.